It is also a weird symbiotic relationship- most channels seem to only have interest in making one video for a game so you really only have to polish the first 5

It is also a weird symbiotic relationship- most channels seem to only have interest in making one video for a game so you really only have to polish the first 5 hours of gameplay into something video-worthy. The game-to-completion train has been dead for a while it looks like so just spamming first run type videos generates a lot more views.